Monday, July 3, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (600) Relax - 舒

 The big seal script of character Relax is

The left is character Residence (Post 599), the right is character Give (Post 597), here means silkworm silk. People who live in a small house in a remote area, and raise silkworm to produce silk, feel relaxed. Another possible is that the character Give means spider net here. Spider net means remote area, quiet, if you live in a small house there, you feel relaxed. I prefer the latter explanation.

The small seal script of character Relax is

Similar to its big seal script.

The clerical script of character Relax is

The left is character Residence, the rifer is character Give.

The Pinyin of character Relax is Shu1.
 
舒 also means Comfortable.


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